“Light in the Midst of the Shade” by Raymond March
It's hard to find peace in the darkness While you're dancing in the sunlight A rain cloud appears to wash away the happiness From your eyes and mind It reminds you of the struggle that you have distracted yourself from It reminds you of what's to come in the future If you only pay attention to the darkness and the negatives You will be consumed in that storm like the tornado when Dorothy left home Like my people in New Orleans when Katrina grew strong Because they are not refugees, they were people who experienced poverty Still trying to make it in the crazy thing called society But only I see the irony when people said that we have to help Katrina victims and save society Only to see funds to place back in replenishing and rebuilding the French Quarter and the rest of downtown New Orleans I AM NOT A REFUGEE, I am just experiencing hard times in my city Still waiting on FEMA and the government to help me but it won't happen because they don't care about the wards and the houses still being up with boards across the doors and numbers sprayed on residences to show you how many people died in dismay It's hard to find peace in the darkness And I'm struggling because I feel like I'm one of the Devil's target But I know that peace will come to me like serenity in a sweet dream and long resting I will see that it is a blessing from my upper energy And it will serve as a lesson To put faith in God and follow his direction And I will continue to see blessings and corrections with little discretion